Ho Vehicles

[G Paine]

Another thought. If you are having problems finding a stake body truck for your timeframe, CG Laser makes a number of laser cut stake body kits. They are designed to convert CMW box trucks to stake body.

https://www.walthers.com/search/scale/ho-scale/manufacturer-name/gclaser/show/20?match=AND&q=stake+body

Just find a stake body that is similar in size to the modern truck. You may have to do some fudging to get it to fit. 

What to do with the box body? They have a dry transfer paltform kit to use the body

https://www.walthers.com/dry-transer-plaform-truck-body-conversion-kit-laser-cut-wood-fits-classic-metal-works-truck-sold-separately

 

[Canalligators]

As for the original question, there were a bunch of inexpensive HO vehicles available at places like WalMart, about ten years ago.  I bought a bunch of them then, you don't find them so much anymore.  They were only a dollar or so apiece.

For larger vehicles like construction equipment, Matchbox and HotWheels are fairly close to HO.  I think they make them to fit a child's hand, so a bigger vehicle like a high lift would be a smaller scale. 

You can also use vehicles that are bigger than scale in the foreground to give a little false depth appearance.  Kind of like putting a building that's too small in the background.

In any case, I'm not willing to spend the big bucks to populate the entire railroad.

[BATMAN]

Steelman65

1. does anyone know who makes the stake truck in my profile or where to purchase it? 2. Does anyone have any suggestions where to buy HO vehicles at a good price. I'm having a hard time spending $8-10 per vehicle.

https://www.pwrs.ca/product_search.php?f_Scales%5B%5D=1&f_ProductTypes=null&f_Keywords=stake+truck&f_HasSound=0&f_HasDCC=0 

 

[chutton01]

I agree it is a Boley stakebed - looks like the GMC Topkick.
The problem is, AFAIK, Walthers only offers the Internationals and not the GMCs (maybe they don't have current licensing for GMC trucks).

BTW, Steelman, your registration date is 2007 - clearly you must have seen dozens of threads over the years be-crying the prices of scale vehicles (except for a few brief periods of time, like when the Motorart and Wild Cherry vehicles came out 10+ years ago).

[dknelson]

I think it is the Boley truck, as the outline is that of the International cab that Boley used so often, and I see Boley stuff (original Boley, not the Walthers Scenemaster reissues) selling far more cheaply at train shows and swap meets than I do on Ebay.  Of course you don't have your choice of stuff at swap meets as a rule.

Dave Nelson

 

[Steelman65]

took a pic at a train show last week.

[G Paine]

Here are a couple from Walthers that are in stock

https://www.walthers.com/international-r-7000-3-axle-flatbed-orange-cab-black-flatbed

https://www.walthers.com/international-r-4900-open-stake-bed-utility-truck-assembled-white-w-utility-company-decals

 

[BigDaddy]

I relented and enlarged the pic.  It does look like a truck landscapers use around, here solid wooden sides with vertical reinforcements.  It would be easy to add such a body to a flat bed model with styrene.

There is a sticky on how to post pics in the forum.  You can't improvise, you can't cheat, you have to follow the rules in the post.

http://cs.trains.com/mrr/f/88/t/249194.aspx

[mbinsewi]

tommymr

If you enlarge his avatar, you can see it's a stake truck. Steelman: Take a look at BigDaddy's Ebay link - those are the trucks.

Ah yeah, your right tommymr.  Go to BigDaddy's Ebay link, scroll down to the 20th truck, that's what the OP has.

Mike.

[Steelman65]

is there a place to buy a truck like you pictured?

[tommymr]

If you enlarge his avatar, you can see it's a stake truck.

Steelman: Take a look at BigDaddy's Ebay link - those are the trucks.

[Steelman65]

I could add a pic but not sure how to attach it. I'm looking for modern trucks you would see in a lumber yard. Can you click on my picture and make it bigger?

[wjstix]

It's not a stake truck as best I can see. A state truck is like a flatbed that has wooden slats or "stakes" creating an enclosure in the rear for hauling animals or baled hay etc.

https://www.royaltruckbody.com/hs-fs/hub/145143/file-17831981-jpg/images/fbs1449642.jpg?t=1487979470805&width=380&name=fbs1449642.jpg

Looks like your pic is a dump truck, perhaps Boley as has been suggested.

[mbinsewi]

Hard to tell who sells your truck, pretty small picture.  You don't remember where you got it, or how it became your avitar?

As for your second question, I've done a lot of looking around for vehicles, and a decent looking vehicle that doesn't look completely toy-like, and if it's in my time period, $8 to $10 would be a great buy.

Mike.

[BigDaddy]

I am a 66 yo guy with one good eye and your pic is all of a 1/2 wide.  Lucky I can see it's a truck. 

Ebay has some, I cannot tell what era your truck is from 

https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?rmvSB=true&_nkw=ho+stake+bed+truck&_sop=15

As for price, $8 is a good deal these days.  Trainworld has Classic Metal Trucks on sale.

Mike Budde in Ken Pattersons What's Neat  Youtube videos has figured out to make a mold and cast resin cars, which he then details.  AFAIK they have never done a whole beginning to end video on how he does it, and it looks like a huge amount of painting work.  The guy is in to autoracks and old cars. 

 

 

 

 

[tommymr]

Looks like the old Boley trucks.  I think Walthers took them over with their Scenemaster line.   The pricing, unfortunately, is about right.

[Onewolf]

1. Don't know.

2. I tend to buy vehicles from Train World when they go on clearance for $4-$6 each.

[Steelman65]

Hello

Two questions

1. does anyone know who makes the stake truck in my profile or where to purchase it?

2. Does anyone have any suggestions where to buy HO vehicles at a good price. I'm having a hard time spending $8-10 per vehicle.

 

thank you